Tough Tenors Again 'n' Again
1970 studio album by The Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis and Johnny Griffin Quintet
Tough Tenors Again 'n' Again | ||||
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Studio album by The Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis and Johnny Griffin Quintet | ||||
Released | 1970 | |||
Recorded | April 24, 1970 Cornet Studios, Cologne, West Germany | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Label | MPS MPS-15283 | |||
Producer | Gigi Campi | |||
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Johnny Griffin chronology | ||||
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Tough Tenors Again 'n' Again is an album by saxophonists Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis and Johnny Griffin recorded in West Germany in 1970 and released on the MPS label.[1]
Reception
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Source | Rating |
Allmusic | [2] |
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide | [3] |
The Allmusic site awarded the album 4 stars stating, "There is no less fire in this reunion, and Boland's arrangements bring out the best in both tenor saxophonists"[2]
Track listing
All compositions by Edie "Lockjaw" Davis except as indicated
- "Again 'n' Again" (Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, Johnny Griffin) - 3:29
- "Tin Tin Deo" (Gil Fuller, Chano Pozo) - 10:06
- "If I Had You" (Irving King, Ted Shapiro) - 4:20
- "Jim Dawg" - 8:15
- "When We Were One" (Griffin) - 7:47
- "Gigi" - 5:58
Personnel
- Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, Johnny Griffin - tenor saxophone
- Francy Boland - piano
- Jimmy Woode - bass
- Kenny Clarke - drums
References
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- Cookbook (1958)
- Jaws (1958)
- Cookbook, Vol. 2 (1958)
- Cookbook Volume 3 (1958)
- Smokin' (1958)
- Very Saxy (1959)
- Jaws in Orbit (1959)
- Bacalao (1959)
- With Shirley Scott (1960)
- Misty (1960)
- Afro-Jaws (1960)
- Battle Stations (1960)
- Trane Whistle (1960)
- Tough Tenors (1960)
- Griff & Lock (1960)
- The Midnight Show (1961)
- Lookin' at Monk! (1961)
- Blues Up & Down (1961)
- Tough Tenor Favorites (1962)
- Jawbreakers (1962)
- Goin' to the Meeting (1962)
- I Only Have Eyes for You (1962)
- Trackin' (1962)
- Lock, the Fox (1966)
- The Fox & the Hounds (1967)
- Love Calls (1968)
- Tough Tenors Again 'n' Again (1970)
- The Battle of Birdland (1954)
- The First Set (1961)
- The Tenor Scene (1961)
- The Late Show (1961)
- The Tenor Giants Featuring Oscar Peterson (1975)
- Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis 4 – Montreux '77 (1977)
- Jazz at the Philharmonic – Yoyogi National Stadium, Tokyo 1983: Return to Happiness (1983)